Hi everybody,
i'm back with a new DIY WW2 airsoft project.
As usually, don't hesitate to correct my poor language.
I present this project as i work on, may be it is rambling.
As the title says, it is about the big spud gun M1A1.
This is a command with low budget, i decide to make it all in PVC : more cheap, more easy too make, enough strong. Also i don't have a welding post.
The objective :
The blueprint found on the web, i don't know if it is correct, if you have some one, i'm interested.
First step the tube D.60mm and plate for the structure.
Beginning of wood parts.
The A-T M6A3 rocket.
The goal is to use an artifice rocket in the dummy rocket and as the real one, loading at the rear, connected with electric wire and fired with electric command.
Gluing the catch bolt of rocket
Semi completion of the handle. I know this is plywood but i only have this good thickness. I will can change it later.
Aluminium rod bent for the trigger gard.
I use a PVC rond rod for the rear part, hot curved and glued this two component adhesive.
i found a thingy witch is cool : my old tube for industrial drawing when a was a student. I think is really similar to the real one.
The real one
At this time and it is not my choice, the manager of the event decides to use something like that, with an electrical firing :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnzRooVYyIU
I 've found something better but i think a bit dangerous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBzrNuPyec
In fact, we are still surching the good solution. The targets will be bunkers and towers, not players.
I've made this video to show how to form the PVC with hotgun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y08rc23Krzw
I know you had identified the front sight. Normaly complicated piece but not with the PVC. Just have to glue and sculpt to finish it.
Today it is a rainy day, i made a lot of work but allready there a lot of think on gluing that i can't show.
I make the pieces witch guide the spring on the bolt of rocket and the axle witch was a screw for having a better look.
Making of the trigger and all parts go with it.
The connector is missing.
I 've found something better but i think a bit dangerous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBzrNuPyec
That one was fcking fantastic. (I was there when this video was shot). It was only test-fired at that moment for the first time, with fireworks/pyrotechnics involved and a 'real' rocket was fired.
A bit more footage of that Panzershreck;
http://youtu.be/WqYkxkJKYFU?t=3m55s
From 3m55 to 4m32
... (I was there when this video was shot)...
good experience
may be we crossed ourself last spring on normandy 2 ?
This project is for the OP Pacific next June near from Paris, will you here ?
may be we crossed ourself last spring on normandy 2 ?
No, wasn't there.
This project is for the OP Pacific next June near from Paris, will you here ?
And yes, we will be there with 2 Dutch guys and 3 Belgians. 4 as Marines and one probably as a Jap 
So will see you there.
I'm very impressed and a little scared !
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Don't worry, I'm in research of the good solution between game and safety.
Here is the piece shown on the video (almost) finished.
I had to increase the thickness of the stock for carving for a mini battery.
Final shape of the stock. Making of the two flange and the curved tube.
Blank assembly.
Don't worry, I'm in research of the good solution between game and safety.
I had to increase the thickness of the stock for carving for a mini battery.
Why don`t you use a small Lipo battery would probably be half the thickness and 2/3rd length?
Looking Good
because my first idea was to ignite a fuse of rocket and the ignitor is like a short circuit, a really bad idea with a lippo
You really have thought this through I would have fallen in feet first 
let's hope that !!
I'm asking me about the wire around the tube at the rear of the stock. What is his function ?
We can find it on the M1A1 and the M9A1 but not on the M1 and early M1A1.
http://101airborne.pl/Guns/BazookaM1A1/ ... photo7.jpg
http://101airborne.pl/Guns/BazookaM1A1/ ... photo8.jpg
http://101airborne.pl/Guns/BazookaM1A1/ ... hoto10.jpg
Do you have an idea ?
They used an electric igniter just as you have ,the wire goes from battery to trigger to the rear ,the loader would connect the wires to the rocket as part of his job prior to launching .
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
In fact, I'm talking about the barrel reinforcing wire. I've found what it is with this pic.
Here is the manual of the bazooka.
http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/bazooka/index.html
So, I start to wind the protective wire but it is a fail, I must go until the mark on the left and I already used 55 yards of wire. I must find bigger spool.
Drill the hole for the light bulb and the circuit cover on the other side.
I made in metal the sling loop and bracket under the handle.
Details of the flanges. I will remake it in metal because one must support the sling and the other must be conductive.
try an other wire in nylon, it is a bit big but it looks ok.
Paint test and it arrives what i thank, it is very difficult to paint the nylon.
I've received my cardboard tube. I will cut on the good lengh when i will receive the bag.
It's really coming along ,I like the attention to detail .
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
It makes about 15 years when i welded the last time. And it shows.
After cutting, grinding and polishing, it is a bit better.
I made the plate under the stock. Sheets of metal, grinder and hammer.
I have received the ammunition bag. With carboard tube, it looks great.
Detail of the lock part of the plate. Just a clic on wood.
Cleaning for removing the rust. With paint it will be good.
In the same way of the front one, this is the rear sight.
And after the finish.
Blanc assembly
Looks really good ,what projectiles are you planning on ?
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
i only have the right to use K1 whistle rocket.
I know that it is not a good thing for a realistic mood but it is the hard reality.
In fact, my system permits to use what you want : pyrotechnics, 40mm cartridge, maybe spud gun system.
